Entry and Pantry Doors in!

Hubby visited the site today and found that the house is locked up!  Our beautiful pivot entry door has been put in and they have locked the internal entry from the garage.

Through the windows he also saw that the pantry doors had been put in and also some of the other internal doors.

Our beautiful entry pivot door - will look even better once the bricks are rendered

Kitchen area with newly installed pantry doors

Gyprock complete and plastering underway

After being told my the Building Supervisor that the Plasterers had a backlog of work, I was surprised to see them arrive on site today.

This will be the last time I see the house before going overseas and it actually felt quite sad leaving!  Will have to rely on hubby to keep the photos coming .... although I imagine there won't be a huge amount more happening this side of Christmas.

Gyprock (wallboard linings) well underway

Called into site today and the Gyprock is well underway.  They were still there working so I only managed to get a couple of pics on my phone.  Will try and get some better ones tomorrow.

Livingroom with TV alcove

Kitchen/ Dining

From living looking towards kitchen/ dining area

Gibboard/ Gyprock delivered to site

We were surprised to aee the gibboard had been delivered some time between me visiting the site at 2.30pm Friday and this morning.  Hopefully that means they will be full swing into putting the internal walls up next week!

Brickwork Complete!

North side of house (Garage/ Alfresco/ Living)

Alfresco looking into living room

 

Master Bedroom

South end of house (kids rooms, ensuite and master bedroom)

Ensuite & Master Bedroom (South end of house)

Kids Bedrooms

West Side of house - concrete pad is for watertank

Entrance

West side of house - bathroom, Guest Bedroom and Rumpus

Gas Installer has put in fittings ready for our gas stove

Taken from living looking out to alfresco

Will have to get use to looking at the bricks for a while yet as the render won't happen until after Plantation Homes have handed over.

Brickwork underway

Called into site after school today and the brickwork is well underway.  The bricks will be rendered (plastered) after handover

Garage with alfresco to the left

Alfesco/ Living with

Garage

East Side of Garage, Entranceway to the right

Vented skylight to study

Master Bedroom (East side)

East side of house, right side of laundry door

Taken from Alfresco area

Looking very much like a construction site today!

Alfesco

West side of Garage

Lights Purchased

This week has seen the purchase of our lights - LED's throughout the house.  More expensive to buy but more cost effective long term with a bulb life of around 20 years!!!! .... Looking forward to NOT having to replace a bulb for a VERY long time!

We have also purchased our pendant lights for above the breakfast bar.  Originally we had planned to put in three separate lights, but really liked this bar style of feature light instead.

.... and for something completely different, we loved this feature light for our entrance way.

We are slowly getting there with our purchases - just have to now sort out the fans, fluro lights for the laundry and garage, heater/ fans for bathrooms and external spotlights.

We have decided to add another couple of external lights to the front of the garage and dimmers to the living and media.

First Home Owners Grant (FHOG) Approved!

Finally after a lot of  paperwork going backwards and forwards, having to provide certified divorce certificates from previous marriages, current marriage certificate and a Declaration in front of a JP stating that I have been known by other names ...... we finally got our FHOG!

Still all that mucking around was worth it to get the $15,000 we can put towards the build and we are very thankful for it.

House wrapped, Insultation in and Bricks delivered to site - Photos

Bricks delivered to site

House Wrapped - Looking into Alfresco with living room to the left

Pink Batts in - living room with TV alcove

Front Entrance awaiting Pivot Door

West Side of house - Guest bedroom and Rumpus

Main Bathroom

Rumpus with Caitlyn's bedroom to the left

Ducted aircon into the Media Room

Master Bedroom

Laundry (Door won't stay blue!)

Kitchen/ Dining looking through to alfresco

East side of house

South side of house - kids bedrooms, bathroom and master bedroom to right

Kids Bedrooms

Garage

Bricks ready to be installed - these will be rendered after handover